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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1939

Page

31

Miss Stark and Isom to Wed September 16

Invitations issued by Mr and Mrs Leonard E Stark announce the Cedar Rapids nuptials of their daughter Katherine Stark to William Gifford Isom of Scarsdale New York. The ceremony will be at Immaculate Conception Church at high noon with a Cedar Rapids Country Club breakfast.

Leonard Edward Stark Linden Drive Katherine William Gifford Isom Cedar Rapids Edward Isom Scarsdale N. Y Immaculate Conception Church Stark Ann Winslow Mary O’boyle Lorraine Stevens Milwaukee Joan Killian Richard E. Killian Blake Boulevard Robert Stevens Max Widmer Stevan Smith Robert R. Clark II Sutherland Cook Eliot Cobb Sioux City Miss Stark

Club's Labor Day Dance At Cedar Rapids Country Club

The Cedar Rapids Country Club plans a Labor Day dance Saturday to open the summer closeout. A 9 to 1 orchestra will play after dinner and cocktails with honorary hosts listed and pre-dance parties arranged. Fall season opens Oct 7 with a formal dinner dance and Halloween party Oct 28, followed by the Iowa Minnesota game homecoming on Nov 18 as Linn County guest night.

Cedar Rapids Country Club B. J. Moon Richard E. Killian Harry C. Benson Glenn Fletcher H. V. Jones R. I. Horton A. J. Diebold John Vavra Linn County

606 FIGGES HOSTS HONOR HUTCHINSONS AT PARTY

Mr and Mrs Reginald B Figege hosted a Saturday picnic supper for weekend guests Mr and Mrs J M Hutchinson of Davenport. Eighteen attended. Mrs Jack Deets of Waterloo arrived to spend a week with her sister Mrs Walter E Dunshee before moving to St Louis. Mrs Harry C Benson and daughter Miss Jessie Benson returned from Chicago. Miss Charlotte Pinney has returned from a ten day Adirondack motor trip with Miss Jean Toohey of Minneapolis.

Reginald B. Figege Grande Avenue SE J. M. Hutchinson Davenport Jack Deets Waterloo Walter E. Dunshee Mr. Dunshee Mount Vernon Avenue St. Louis Mr. Deets Harry C. Benson Grande Avenue Jessie Benson Chicago Charlotte Pinney Indian Road SE Adirondacks Jean Toohey Minneapolis

Wallflower Club Hosts Progressive Dinner Across Four Homes

Wallflower club members staged a four home progressive dinner Friday night starting at Miss Betty Barnum’s 136 Thirty third street SE for fruit cocktail. Guests then moved to Miss Barbara Shonka’s 394 Twenty-fifth street SE for salad. Miss Jeanne Puckett hosted the main course at Bever avenue SE residence. Dessert followed at Miss June De Nio’s 507 Fairview drive SE with dancing at Thornwood later. Attendees include Misses Virginia Dodds Marjorie Moravec Theone Larson Dorothy Boisen Gladys Linge Kathryn Dennison Dorothy Miller Ruth Ann Hasek DeNio Puckett Shonka Barnum and Messrs Winston Lowe Dick Fussell Bill Franey Bill Mehegan Jack Sopousek Clark Jennings Robert Ettinger Bill Green Phil Austin Walter Giffe Harlan Rice Glenn McGowan.

Wallflower Club Betty Barnum Thirtythird Street Drive Barbara Shonka Twenty-fifth Street Jeanne Puckett Bever Avenue June de Nio Fairview Drive Thornwood Virginia Dodds Marjorie Moravec Theone Larson Dorothy Boisen Gladys Linge Kathryn Dennison Dorothy Miller Ruth Ann Hasek DeNio Puckett Shonka Barnum Winston Lowe Dick Fussell Bill Franey Bill Mehegan Jack So

Teen Age Group Hosts Luncheon Reunion At Dunshee Home

Miss Georganne Dunshee hosted a Saturday luncheon at 2214 Mount Vernon avenue SE uniting the teen age set after a summer apart. Guests seated amid yellow and blue pottery and gladiolus included Charys Lenzen Jane Bell Katharine Safely Ellen Jeannes Diane Marshall and many others with Norma Bauer of Ames as house guest.

Georganne Dunshee Walter E. Dunshee Mount Vernon Avenue Charys Lenzen Jane Bell Katharine Laura Ann Safely Ellen Jeannes Diane Marshall Susan Brown Martha Lou Smith Betsy Blaise Kathryn Barngrover Charlotte Trewin Pamela Craemer Barbara Jacqueline Wright Darlene Owen Marjorie van Winkle Jean Chandier Diane Waples Yvonne Svoboda Norma Bauer Ames

Four Brides-Elect Being Honored At Weekend Events

Four brides elect, Elaine Shonka Mary Elizabeth Erwin Harriet Mateer and Marjorie Young, are feted this weekend as wedding dates approach. Elaine Shonka to wed Bernard Bruce Smith of Lexington Nebraska with Elbert H. Smith as usher and a 4 PM Sept 3 ceremony at Peoples church. A luncheon and bridge at the Roosevelt Hotel honor Shonka, with gifts and later confirmation of bridal party details.

Elaine Shonka Mary Elizabeth Erwin Marion Harriet Mateer Marjorie Young S. Vs Shonka Twenty-fifth Street Elaine Bernard Bruce Smith Lexington Neb Miss Shonka Barbara Shonka Elbert H. Smith Don Kessler Richard Fussell Cedar Rapids Peoples Church Melvin T. Welke Martha Trewin Fourth Avenue SE Jefferson Room Roosevelt Hotel Shonka Bridge Joyce Palmer Jane Nemecek Virginia Black Elinor Sweitzer Pearl Quaas E. Wood DeWayne Dickey Central City Jane Sigmund

Social Courtesies Honor Mrs Gillham and Miss Bird

Mrs Gillham of Los Angeles and Miss Elizabeth Bird of Urbana were feted in a week of social events hosted by relatives and friends in Sioux Falls. Guests arrived from Chicago and Urbana while local hosts included Mrs Harry O Cutler and Mrs R W Manatt. Kathleen Carey and family returned Friday from Alexandria Minnesota.

Marvin Gillham Los Angeles Richard Lord Blake Terrace Elizabeth Bird Urbana George M. Bird Third Avenue Miss Bird Bird Harry O Gilbert M. Bates Linden Drive

Social events among visiting guests host society

Visitors from other cities helped drive yesterday’s social life in the area. Mrs C FY Luberger and Miss Ellen Luberger hosted tea for the Cook ing club and reading club members at 3258 Woodland drive SE. Out of town guest Miss Marie Todd of Warrensburg, Mo., joined a dinner for sixteen hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Trewin. Dr. and Mrs. John E. Stansbury also attended. Mrs. Mark Anthony returned Friday from five weeks on tour with relatives Maude Kirk and Ada Christie. Miss Helen Larimer will leave Monday to be bridesmaid in Vincennes Ind., with Wendell Delzell to attend.

C FY Luberger Ellen Luberger Marie Todd Warrensburg Delbert R. Ashby Miss Todd Harold R. Trewin Fourth Avenue SE John E. Stansbury Stansbury Robert Stansbury Europe Mark Anthony Seventeenth Street SE Helen Larimer Fifth Avenue SE Vincennes Ind Dorothy Funk Wendell Delzell Grande Avenue SE

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Mr. Isom Coe Norma White T. D Alpha Gamma Delta Hutchinsons Dunshees Mrs. Benson Jessie Miss Pinney Chi Omega Peggie Bode Charles Bodes Kappa Delta Rushing Marabelle Fuller A. L. Pullers Thompson Frances Kubias B. A. Kubias Alpha Xi Delta Patricia Salter Alice Salter BLAUL Burlington Theodore Blaul Frances Kathleen Betty Louise Blaul Theodore F. Blaul Woodland Drive Will Price Will J. Price Ben H. Witwer Billy Margot Mrs. Gillham South A. J. Coburn, Jr Twenty-first Streeet SE A J. Ill Henry L. P. Boudreaux Sixth Avenue SE Carol Jean Patty Boudreaux C. F. Downs New Orleans E. J. Carey Grande‘ Avenue Kathleen Carey Alexandria Minn Vincennes, Indiana
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